Flowers for perfume and scent
Grown for their oil: rose, jasmine, tuberose, ylang-ylang.
RoseRosa
Woody perennial plants with showy, often fragrant flowers in many colours
Rosa · Wildflower
FennelFoeniculum vulgare
A tall, aromatic herb with feathery leaves and yellow umbels, used for food and spice
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Herb or useful flower
JasmineJasminum
A group of fragrant shrubs and vines with white or yellow star-shaped flowers
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 7 more · Wildflower
Eucalyptus
The tall, aromatic trees and shrubs known as gum trees or eucalypts
🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree
Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis
A woodland plant with sweet-scented white bell flowers in late spring
🇫🇮 Finland and 4 more · Wildflower
HoneysuckleLonicera
Twining vines and shrubs with sweet-scented tubular flowers and edible nectar
Lonicera · Wildflower
MarigoldTagetes
A group of bright annual and perennial flowers known worldwide as marigolds
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Salvia
A vast group of aromatic herbs and shrubs known for their flowers and uses
Salvia · Wildflower
Common sageSalvia officinalis
A Mediterranean herb with grey-green leaves and blue to purple flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Herb or useful flower
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Tall, sweet-scented wildflower with pale pink blooms and a long history in herbal lore
🇮🇸 Iceland and 8 more · Wildflower
GentianGentiana
Trumpet-shaped blue and yellow flowers of alpine meadows and temperate regions
Gentiana · Wildflower
Vanilla
Climbing orchids with pods used for the world’s most popular flavor
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Wildflower
Sweet VioletViola odorata
A scented violet with edible leaves and flowers, native to Eurasia
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Wild PansyViola tricolor
A small wildflower with purple, yellow, and white blooms found across Eurasia
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
White Water-lilyNymphaea alba
A floating white flower of ponds and lakes across Europe and Asia
🇸🇪 Sweden and 5 more · Wildflower
ColumbineAquilegia
A perennial wildflower with spurred, often blue or multicoloured blooms
Aquilegia · Wildflower
Cyclamen
Tubered Mediterranean flowers with upswept petals and patterned leaves
Cyclamen · Wildflower
Matricaria
A group of aromatic annuals known for their daisy-like flower heads
Matricaria · Wildflower
JonquilNarcissus jonquilla
A spring-flowering daffodil with narrow leaves and sweet-scented blooms
🇪🇸 Spain and 6 more · Wildflower
Lavandula pedunculata
A wild lavender with purple bracts, native to Iberia, Morocco and western Turkey
🇲🇦 Morocco and 1 more · Wildflower
Verbena
A genus of small, spiked flowers grown in gardens and linked to ancient rituals
Verbena · Wildflower
Illyrian irisIris pallida subsp. illyrica
A Balkan iris once valued for perfume and folk remedies
🇸🇮 Slovenia and 7 more · Wildflower
Boronia
A genus of fragrant shrubs mostly found in Australia’s open forests
🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower
Fragrant screw-pinePandanus odorifer
A small tropical tree with sweet-scented flowers used for perfume and rituals
🇮🇳 India and 4 more · Flowering tree
Tulip orchidsAnguloa
Large, cinnamon-scented orchids from the Andes with tulip-shaped blooms
🇻🇪 Venezuela and 4 more · Wildflower
VanillaVanilla planifolia
The climbing orchid behind most of the world’s vanilla flavour
🇲🇽 Mexico and 8 more · Wildflower
Wild bergamotMonarda fistulosa
A fragrant North American wildflower with pink to lavender blooms
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Wildflower
Spanish broomSpartium junceum
A tall shrub with rush-like stems and fragrant yellow flowers
🇵🇪 Peru and 6 more · Flowering shrub
French marigoldTagetes patula
A small marigold with yellow to orange blooms, valued in gardens and Georgian cooking
🇲🇽 Mexico and 3 more · Wildflower
French lavenderLavandula stoechas
A Mediterranean lavender with purple bracts atop its flower spikes
🇪🇸 Spain and 2 more · Wildflower
Helichrysum
A large group of daisy-like flowers known for their lasting dried blooms
🇿🇦 South Africa and 2 more · Wildflower
YellowhornXanthoceras sorbifolium
A hardy flowering tree from northern China with edible seeds and fragrant white blooms
🇨🇳 China and 2 more · Flowering tree
Poet's daffodilNarcissus poeticus
A fragrant white daffodil linked to ancient Greek myth and poetry
🇪🇸 Spain and 6 more · Wildflower
Iris florentina
A white, violet-scented iris grown for orris root and as a grave flower
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Wildflower
Cape aloeAloe ferox
A tall, spiny aloe from southern Africa with orange-red flowers and medicinal uses
🇱🇸 Lesotho · Wildflower
Aztec marigoldTagetes erecta
The golden-yellow flower of Mexican altars and Day of the Dead offerings
🇲🇽 Mexico and 6 more · Wildflower
Sphaerocoryne lefevreiរំដួល
A fragrant Southeast Asian tree with cream to yellow blossoms
🇰🇭 Cambodia and 3 more · Wildflower
Nazareth IrisIris bismarckiana
A rare mountain iris with veined pale flowers from Israel and Lebanon
🇮🇱 Israel and 3 more · Wildflower
Sweet irisIris pallida
A Mediterranean iris grown for its scented roots and pale purple flowers
🇭🇷 Croatia and 4 more · Garden flower
Guettarda speciosa
A coastal shrub with fragrant white flowers found on tropical beaches
🇦🇺 Australia and 5 more · Wildflower
White garland-lilyHedychium coronarium
Tall, fragrant white flowers from the ginger family, grown and loved across continents
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Wildflower
Himalayan musk roseRosa brunonii
A white wild rose climbing the Himalayan hillsides
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Bayur treePterospermum acerifolium
A tall Southeast Asian tree with large fragrant white flowers and dinner-plate leaves
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 2 more · Flowering tree
Spanish cherryMimusops elengi
A fragrant evergreen tree with cream flowers and edible fruit
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Flowering tree
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Vanilla: Everglades National Park, Public domain, source
- Rose: User:Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Eucalyptus: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0, source
- Spanish broom: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cyclamen: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common sage: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jasmine: HelenOnline, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- French marigold: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL 1.2, source
- French lavender: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Helichrysum: Iorsh at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Yellowhorn: Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911), Public domain, source
- Poet's daffodil: Arnaucc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iris florentina: Abrahami, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cape aloe: iNaturalist.org (Di Turner) (Di%20Turner), CC0, source
- Common Valerian: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lily-of-the-valley: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Marigold: Pohled 111, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Honeysuckle: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, source
- Salvia: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Fennel: Elekes Andor, CC BY 4.0, source
- Aztec marigold: HitroMilanese, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gentian: Dixi at Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sweet Violet: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- White Water-lily: DerHexer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wild Pansy: Kim Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Columbine: Python (Peter Rühr), CC BY 3.0, source
- Matricaria: Fir0002 20D, GFDL 1.2, source
- Sphaerocoryne lefevrei: ទេព សុវិចិត្រ at Khmer Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Nazareth Iris: Zachi Evenor, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sweet iris: Pamwik, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Guettarda speciosa: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- White garland-lily: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, source
- Himalayan musk rose: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bayur tree: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, source
- Spanish cherry: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vanilla: Vanillinmacher at German Wikipedia, Attribution, source
- Jonquil: Cillas, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lavandula pedunculata: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Verbena: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Illyrian iris: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, source
- Boronia: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0, source
- Fragrant screw-pine: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tulip orchids: Zanerappa, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wild bergamot: Hardyplants at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source